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James Walter Schoonover, 50, of Pablo, has been committed to the state Department of Corrections for a total of 10 years with five years suspended as part of a plea agreement that resolves four separate cases and five felony charges.
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POLSON – Simply406 donated $5,200 to the Polson School District and Two Eagle River School for the purchase of washers and dryers for their buildings. TERS received $1,200 and Polson was given $4,000.
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DEER LODGE – It took three days, two severe winter weather cancellations, two venue changes and a Darshan Bolen game-winning free throw for the Arlee Warriors to finally earn their fifth consecutive State C Tournament appearance and a shot at a third consecutive Class C State championship.

On Feb. 21-23, Arlee entered the opening rounds of the Western C Divisional Tournament at the Maroon Activities Center in Butte seeking a fourth consecutive divisional title.

After dominating wins in the opening rounds over Drummond (72-53) and Gardiner (76-62), the Warriors found themselves in a familiar spot Saturday evening with a shot at the divisional championship against postseason rivals Manhattan Christian Eagles. The Eagles went on to win the game 63-51 over the Warriors, which sent Arlee into a divisional challenge game against the Twin Bridges Falcons. Against the Falcons, Arlee took second place and a berth to the state tournament on March 7-9 in Billings.

The challenge game was initially scheduled for Monday evening, Feb. 25, in Phillipsburg, but unseasonably harsh winter weather forced game cancellations on both Monday and Tuesday evening and a venue change Wednesday evening, Feb. 27, to Deer Lodge.

After the first quarter of action, the Warriors held a slim one-point (14-13) advantage over the Falcons.

After a 16-8 scoring run by Twin Bridges in the second quarter, both teams headed to the locker room with the Falcons up 29-22.

In the third quarter, Twin Bridges lead, 38-35. With 1.8 seconds left on the clock, the two-time defending State C champions slipped past Twin Bridges, 52-51, with the Bolen game-winning free throw.